Governor for impact-engines.



11.. E. PROGUNIER.

GOVERNOR FOR IMPACT ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-5, 1909.

Patented June 6,1911.

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GOVERNOR FOR IMPACT-EN GIN ES.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, HENRY E. PRooUNmR, a citizen of the United States, residin at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and btate of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Governors for Impact-Engines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings, forming a part thereof.

he purpose of this invention is to pro vide an improved means for governing an impact or so-called turbine engine, particularly adapted for such use'when the engine is the means of operating an electric generator whose rotating element is on the en ine shaft.

t consists of the elements and features of construction and their combinations shown and described as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a partly sectional elevation of an engine and motor driven by the same embodying this invention, the casing of the governor being shown in vertical axial section. Fig. 2 is a section at the line 22 on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an axial section of the governor and connections at the line 33 on Fig. 2.

The particular character of the turbine wheel is not involved in this invention, and it is not illustrated in detail. I

A is the casing of the turbine wheel.

B is the casin of the motor, whose details are not .involvei O is the steam supply va'lve casing.

Dis the governor casing.

E is a ball-bearing casing and oil chamber.

1 is the engine and motor shaft having ball bearings, 2 and 3, in the engine and motor casings respectively. On the shaft,-

1, between said two bearings there is mounted a' sleeve, 4,.pinned fast to the shaft, having a stop flange, 4, at one end, and exteriorly threaded from the other end back a considerable portion of its length at 4*. On the sleeve there is mounted loose for sliding on the sleeve and along the shaft a collar, 5, which is stopped against the flange, 4, of the sleeve. This collar forms the inner element, 5, of a ball bearing whose outer element is a ring or collar, 6, the anti-friction balls between said elements being represented'at 7, the said ring or collar, 6, being parted in the plane of the ball centers, the two members being secured together to close up the ball hearing as indicated by Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 5, 1909. Serial in. 476,277.

Patented June 6, 1911.

the screws, 7. On the threaded end, 4', of the sleeve, 4, there is screwed a collar, 8, the threaded portion of the sleeve having two longitudinal furrows, 4, for engagement of the reduced terminals of screws, 9, which are set throu h the collar, 8, for such engagement wit the furrows to lock the collar against rotation on the thread, such rotation being permitted only when the screws are withdrawn sufficiently to disengage the furrows, so that the collar may be secured against rotation at intervals of a half turn on the thread. The collars, 5 and 8, constitute res ectively the moving and the fixed heads of the centrifugal governing device, which comprises, in conjunction with said collars, two spring side bars, 10, 10, apertured .at the middle of their length and width to admit respectively the reduced elongation or sleeve, 5', of the collar, 5, and the threaded end, 4", of the sleeve. The left-hand sprin bar is secured to the collar, 5, by a bin ing ring, 5, applied on the inner side of the bar, and the right-hand spring bar is secured to the collar, 8, by the blndingring, 8., applied against the collar, 8, at the outer side of the bar, said binding rings being suitably secured by screws to the collars, 5 and 8. The collar, 8, has an inwardly projecting reduced terminal or sleeve, 8", corresponding to the sleeve, 5*, of the collar, 5; and a coiled spring, 11, lodged at opposite ends on said sleeves respectively and stopped against the collars respectively isinterposed between said collars and between the spring bars, 10, reacting to spread the collars and the bars at their middle portion. The extremities of the spring bars are connected by the weight elements, 12, of the centrifugal governor.

To the ring, 6, there is pivoted, at fixed extremities of the diameter of the ring and shaft, the fork or'yoke, 13, by pintle screws, 14, 14, screwed into the ends of the fork and taking into suitable sockets in the ring diametrically situated with respect thereto.

Said fork constitutes the upper end terminal of a lever, 13, which is pivoted just below the fork to a spring bracket, 15, secured rigidly to the engine casing. The lower end of the lever is connected by a link, 16', with the lever arm, 17, of the stem, 18, of the enginecontrolling valve, which is thus rocked through a limited angle for regulating the steam inlet to the turbine. By making the bracket 15, which afi'ords OFFICE.

fulcrum support w screwing the adjustable head, 8, one way or tachment of said bars to the governor heads,

spectively from the portions which are thus for the lever arm 17 in the form of a spring, accommodation is rovided for the slight change in distance etween the axis of the main shaft and the lever fulcrum, which occurs in the swinging of the lever by the governor, and thus avoids necessity for elongating the pivot-bearing of the lever, or fulcruming it on a pivot-link, as would otherwise be necessary. The initial tension of the spring, 11, is subject to modification by the other on the threaded portion of the sleeve, 4, effected as described upon withdrawing the screws, 9, from the furrows, 4, and rotating the centrifugal element of the governor comprising the two heads with their spring arms, 10, and weights or connecting blocks, 12, using said arms as handles for so rotating the entire device. The minimum adjustment is one-half a revolution when only two furrows, 4, and two screws, 9, are employed, the number of furrows and screws, or of one or the other, determining-the degree of nicety to which the adjustment ma be made.

A feature 0 advantage of the governor consisting of the spring bars, 10, arranged and connected by the weights as described, is that the greater the speed of rotation and the consequent tendency of the weights, 12, to spread centrifugally the more nearly the stress of the centrifugal pull with the weights becomes longitudinal with respect to the bars, 10, and the more largely the tensile strength of the bars comes into play for resisting the tendency to rupture. The de; vice is notably different in this respect from common forms of spring bars for governors in which the change of form from rest to high speed is a bending of the bars, so that the higher the speed the more the bars are bent with liability to break at the limit of the bending strength, which is much lower than the limit of the tensile strength. This characteristic,that the centrifugal ull becomes longitudinal with respect to t e bars as the weights are separated by the centrifugal action,is contributed or increased by the particular formation and connection of the spring side bars, 10, being that the at- 5 and 8, and the weights, 12, is made at parallel planes directly transverse to the axis of the shaft, said parallel planes being caused to approach eachother and become more nearly coincident by the spreading of the weights and the consequent approach of the heads, so that the angles of deflection of the portions of the bars intermediate their attachments to the heads and weights reattached, diminish equally as the weights spread and the heads approach, approximating zero as the heads approach under the highest speed.

I claim 1. A governor for an expansive fluid motor, comprising, in combination with the motor shaft, two heads mounted thereon, one for sliding and the other adapted to be fixed; flat spring bars connected to said heads respectively, and weights ,connecting the corresponding ends of the bars remote from the heads, said bars bein attached to the heads and weights respectively, at substantially parallel planes transverse to the axis of the shaft.

2. .A governor for an expansive fluid motor comprising, in combination with the motor shaft, .two heads mounted thereon, one for sliding and the other with the threaded connection for adjustment longitudinally of the shaft; governor side bars attached at the middle point of their length to said heads respectively, and centrifugal elements connecting the corresponding ends of the two bars; a sleeve fast on the shaft forming the immediate seat for the two heads and havingat one end ortion a thread for engaging the adjustable ead, said sleeve having longitudinal furrows at said threaded portion and screws set through the adjustable head for engaging said furrows.

3. A governor for an expansive fluid motor, comprising, in combination with the shaft, a sleeve fast thereon; two governor heads mounted on the sleeve, one for sliding and the other by threaded connection there with, said governor comprising flat spring bars secured to the heads respective y at planes transverse to the shaft and extending lllOPPOSltG directions therefrom; weights to which the corresponding endsv of the bars remote from the shaft are attached at planes substantially arallel to the lanes of attachment of t e bars to the eads respectively, and means for releasably securing. the adjustable head against rotation at its threaded connection with the sleeve.

4. A governor for an expansive fluid motor comprising, in combination with the shaft, a sleeve fast thereon; two governor heads mounted on the sleeve, one for sliding and the other by threaded connection therewith, said governor comprising two flat spring bars apertured at the middle point of the length for receiving the shaft and sleeve and secured respectively to the two heads; weights connecting the corresponding ends of the two side bars, and means for releasably securing the adjustable head against rotation at its threaded connection with the sleeve.

5. A governor for an expansive fluid motor comprising, in combination with the shaft, a sleeve fast on said shaft; two governor heads, one screwed onto the sleeve, the other mounted for sliding thereon; a spring coiled about the sleeve and reacting between said heads to spread them apart;

flat side bars apertured at the middle oint of their length for assing on .to the s eeve and secured respectlvely to the heads; centrifugal elements connectin the correspondmg ends of said flatside ars; and means *for releasably securing the adjustable head 'of a sleeve mounted on said shaft so 'asto sive' element; a

.a cylindrical member secure on sa1d sleeve against rotation at its threaded connection w1th the sleeve. 4

6. In governing mechanism for steam engines, the combination with a rotating shaft rotate therewith, adapted to be slid longitudinally thereof by a suitable speed-responall-bearin consisting of a member surrounding it, and aplurahty o I balls between said members adapted to for sliding and the other with, a threaded ary, 1909.

connection for adjustment lon tudinally of I the shaft; balanced centrifuga elements and side bars connectin them both with both heads, the seat of tiethreaded head bein lon itudinall furrowedacross the threa and said hea having screws taking into such furrows for preventing relative rotation between the head and its seat and securing the head against movement longitudinally Y of said seat.

8. In a deviceof the character described,

in combination with a sleeve adapted to be slid longitudinally of the rotary shaft by a suitab thereby, of a transmission lever connected to said sleeve having a fulcrum consisting of a s ring bracket. secured to a rigid-support.

n testimony whereof,.I have hereunto set my hand,.in the presence of two w1tnesses,

at Chicago, Illinois, this 3d day of Febru- HENRY E; PROCUNIER. In the resence of- M. Gamma Anr.

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